North Carolina football continues to get caught in the middle of Bill Belichick's ugly breakup with the Patriots. In September, Belichick confirmed he was banning Patriots scouts from UNC football practice .

The latest saga in the melodrama sucked in one of the most popular players in program history.

Former UNC quarterback Drake Maye's sparkling effort Sunday night against the Bills helped the Patriots send the NFL's last remaining unbeaten to its first loss, but there was a curious lack of publicity around Maye's efforts from North Carolina's official X account, " @UNCFootball ," until a peace offering just before 10 a.m. ET on Monday morning .

UNC football's social media department had been directed to avoid posting or retweeting anything Patriots-related from the scho

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